The secret world of doing nothing
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The secret world of doing nothing
University of California Press, c2010
- : pbk
- : cloth
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-258) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this insightful and pathbreaking reflection on 'doing nothing', Billy Ehn and Orvar Lofgren take us on a fascinating tour of what is happening when, to all appearances, absolutely nothing is happening. Sifting through a wide range of examples drawn from literature, published ethnographies, and firsthand research, they probe the unobserved moments in our daily lives - waiting for a bus, daydreaming by the window, performing a routine task - and illuminate these 'empty' times as full of significance. Creative, insightful, and profound, "The Secret World of Doing Nothing" leads us to rethink the ordinary and find meaning in today's hypermodern reality.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Waiting
Chapter 2. Routines
Chapter 3. Daydreaming
Chapter 4. In the Backyards of Modernity?
Appendix: Doing an Ethnography of "Non-events"
Notes
References
Index
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